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Summary: Renoir is inspired to paint "Luncheon of the boating party" when his other work is criticized by Emile Zola, and while doing so is drawn into lives of the thirteen people featured in it as they enjoy a Parisian summer during the late 1800s.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2007
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC VREMcMurtry, Larry.
Summary: Traces the rich and varied friendship of Wyatt Earp and Doc Holiday from the town of Long Grass to Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in Denver, then to Mobetie, Texas, and finally to Tombstone, Arizona, culminating with the famed gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP Western McMurtry 2014Gregory, Philippa.
Summary: Descended from a river goddess, Jacquetta has always had the gift of second sight. Wed to the Duke of Bedford, she is introduced to the world of learning and alchemy. When his death leaves her a wealthy young widow, Jacquetta marries the Duke's squire, Richard Woodville. They return to England and have a daughter, Elizabeth, for whom Jacquetta senses an extraordinary future.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2011
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2002
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC DUNAlbert, Susan Wittig
Summary: Set during the chaotic years of World War II, tells the story of the conflicted relationship between General Dwight Eisenhower and Kay Summersby, his Irish driver/aide, and the impact of that relationship on Mamie Eisenhower and her life in Washington during the war.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC ALBWilder, Gene
Summary: When Paul Peachy, an amateur actor, is captured by the Germans during World War I, he impersonates a famous enemy spy whom he had briefly guarded and is offered fine wines and dinners, a driver and a tailor, and Annie, a beautiful courtesan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2007
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC WILChiaverini, Jennifer.
Summary: "Kate Chase was born in 1840 in Cincinnati, Ohio, the second daughter to the second wife of Salmon P. Chase. Her father was Abraham Lincoln's secretary of the treasury, and he aspired to even greater heights. Kate stepped into the role of establishing her thrice-widowed father in Washington society and as a future presidential candidate. Her efforts were successful enough that The Washington...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014